Shoe-lace fastener



H. M. SNYfDER.

SHOE LAGE ,PASTENBR- (No Model.)

No. 295.452.l

Patented Mar. la', 1884l ATTORNEYS ings, and to letters or ligures of reference from becoming untied; and it consists in the flap.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HELEN MARIA SNYDER, OF PINEBLUFF, ARKANSAS.

SHOE-LACE FASTENER.

`SIEIEK'JIFICAJJIION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,452, date-:l March 18, 1884.

Application filed July 12, 1883.

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Beit. known that I, HELEN M. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing atPine' Bluff, in the county of Jefferson and State of Ar-` kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Lace Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the' art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawmarkedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to improvements in means for preventing shoes or laced boots construction andnovel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

The invention has for its object to provide a cheap and simple means whereby shoe-laces, after being tied, may be held in concealment and the knot prevented from coming loose. This object is accomplished by the means shown and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a represent-ation of a side elevation of a laced shoe, showing my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a shoe, showing in dotted lines the spring beneath the Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view through Fig. l. Fig. 4. is a bottom view of (No model.)

to engage the lace, the ends of which are to` be passed under t'he saidl depending piece or iiap cl. In order to give the 'iiap a clasping 45 action, a spring, of metal or rubber, g, made in T form, is incased in the top ol the tongue under the said iiap. Thusit will be seen that when the lace is tied the iiap d may be brought over it (the knot) and the hook e made to engage the face beneath, the spring g serving to keep the said lace clasped between the tongue and ap.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, is-

In a shoe-lace fastener, the combination, with a shoe-tongue, of the spring g and piece of leather or cloth d, provided with the hook e, adapted to operate substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I afX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HELEN MARIA SNYDER. Witnesses:

CHRISTABEL MORRIS, LON S. MoRRIs. 

